Sara Sexson-Lyle never expected to play for the Tecumseh girls basketball team again.
After tearing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee twice in 2011, the senior thought that her days as a Tecumseh Brave were over. With a proposed eight months recovery from surgery in September, Sexson-Lyle could not possibly make it back in time for Tecumseh's season.
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But Sexson-Lyle defied those long odds, shortening her recovery time from eight months to three months. She is once again starting for the Braves and has been since early January.
"It feels really good," Sexson-Lyle said. "I wasn't expecting to come with what the doctor said, but it ended up working out. It feels really good to be back."
Sexson-Lyle first tore her ACL in the last regular season game of 2011 against South Knox. The Braves won that game then went on to win a sectional championship for the second time in school history, but Sexson-Lyle was forced to watch from the bench.
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